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August 1, 2019

Boundaries Protect You from Narcissists and Borderlines, Part 1: The Golden Rule

If you’ve been in a relationship (or series of relationships) with emotionally manipulative, self-absorbed, empathy-challenged, immature people, I have to ask, do you have healthy boundaries? Any boundaries? Do you know what a boundary is? Perhaps you have some boundaries, but they were too anemic to deter a determined emotional predator. Thus, your boundaries were […]

Filed Under: Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Codependent, Dating, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Narcissistic Personality Disorder Tagged With: borderlines, boundaries, healthy boundaries, narcissistic abuse, narcissists

August 8, 2017

Don’t Let the Narcissist Determine your Sense of Worth

Remember the childhood adage that was supposed to make us feel better when we were bullied? Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me. Our parents tell us that when we’re kids, but it’s cold comfort at the time. Name-calling hurts when you’re a kid. It can also hurt as […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders, Relationships Tagged With: borderlines, codependency, Dr Tara Palmatier, emotional detachment, narcissistic abuse, narcissists, psychopaths, self-acceptance, self-love, self-worth

August 3, 2017

How Do You Know When a Narcissist is Lying?

When their lips are moving! Har-dee-har-har! A Shrink4Men forum member once shared an explanation about narcissists, psychopaths and borderlines’ propensity for dishonesty and the confusion it creates in their victims. It’s stayed with me ever since, one, because it’s funny and, two, because it’s true. When it comes to narcissists and other abusive personalities: Words […]

Filed Under: Abuse, Abusive relationships, Accountability, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dating, Domestic Violence, Healing, Healthy Relationships, Histrionic Personality Disorder, Narcissistic abuse, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Personality Disorders Tagged With: borderline personality disorder, borderlines, lying, narcissism, narcissists, pathological liar, psychopaths

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